Improvement in saw-sets



2o. KELLER,

improvement in Saw-Sew;A

4Pate-n'c'ed Juiy 30, 1872iv um Rei., 1

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ooNnAn KELLER, or sonENEoTADY, NEw YoEK.

IMPRovi-:MENT IN SAW-SETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2992, dated July 30, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern: i

Be it known that I, CONRAJ) KELLER, of Schenectady, county of Schenectady, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Sets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingl drawing forming a part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sawset, illustrating the improvements in this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical view of the lower jaw, viewed on its inner face side. Fig.

4 is a'vertical view of the upper jaw, 'viewed' from its inner face side.

. My inventionv relatesf to certain improvements in saw-sets; and consists in arranging with one of the jaws of the set a changeable triangular oblong piece, which will present several triangular set-faces, any of which may be used to act on the teeth of the saw 5 also, in combination with the said changeable triangular piece andl its jaws, a gage with the anvil-piece, and an adjustable stop, so constructed and arranged that the body of the saw will be prevented from throwing up when the set is `brought down on the tooth; the object of this invention being to render the tool capable of adjustment to thelength of the teeth to bef set, and render the operation of setting the teeth precise.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe itin reference to the drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, the same i letters indicating like parts.

In the drawing, A represents a jaw of the tool. A is its handle. B isthe second jaw,

' provided with the handle B'.l C is the usual i spring, used to throw the jaws A and B apart.

a is the pivot on which the said parts move. In the jaw A, close to the body surrounding the pivot a, is made a triangular recess, having `its base-line next to the said body, into which recess I place the. tooth-set D, Figs. 1,'2, and 3, which tooth-set is made to consist of an oblong piece of hardened steel, made with a triangular cross-structure, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The said tooth-set is secured in the said recess by the set-screw b, and can be removed and so changed that any one of the an n gles on its ends can be used when required,

j the jaw B by dovetailin g, as shown in Fig. 2..

F is a tooth-gage, consisting of a metal piece formed similar to a clip, having a slotted win g, c, on its lower side, as shown in Figs. l and Z, by which the gage is secured to the jaw B from the outside by the set-screw d; by means of the said slotted wing c and the set-screw d the said gage can be readily adjusted longitudinally on its jaw ineitherdirection, to line with the face of the anvil E, to suit any required length oi' saw-teeth to be set. Each side of the gage is provided with a face, e, Figs. l and 4, against which the points ofthe teeth are intended to touch when they are to be operated upon, as shown in Fig. 4. `Working into the jaw A is an adjustable screw, g, carrying the metal block f, which is pivoted thereto, as shown, which screw and block con stitute the stop G, which may be so operated as to be adjusted to a greater or less distance from the inner face of the said jaw A, to bring the lower surface of the piece f on any desired plane abovethe upper surface ofthe anvil E, and be capable of contacting with the body of the saw to hold it down when the set is forced down on the tooth resting on the anvil. By operating the said screw lgthe stop can be made to permit a greater or less set to the saw, according to the relative adjustment of the face of the piece f with the face of the anvil.

In operating with the saw-set above described, the tooth-gage F is to be set to correspondto the length of the teeth of the saw to be operated upon; and the stop Gr is to be ad justedV to suit the inclination desired to be given to the teeth, when the tool is to be placed to the saw in such a manner as to bring the tooth on the anvil, with the points of the adjacent teeth against the gage F, when the hanA dles are to be pressed together to cast the tooth-set D downon the tooth beneath, which operation will be attended by the casting down ofthe stop G to Contact with the body of the 2 remesa and triangular form of tooth-set above setA forth, and in combination with the same, the adjustable gage F, constructed and arranged as described, and the stop G capable of re1- ative adjustment with the face of the anvil E, when the several parts are constructed and arranged to operate substantially as specified, for the purposes set forth.

CONRAD KELLER.

Witnesses ALEX. SELKIRK, (li-ms. J. SELKIRK. 

